RESTORED BY: Michael Rietveld (Roosendaal , Netherlands) ||| FAMILY: Evan Abel ||| LOCATION: Rockaways, Queens, NY ||| "Thanks so much for these photos - it is really cool that these came from the Netherlands, such a small digital world with so many thoughtful people! Thank you!"

RESTORED BY: Megan Baggot, Rock Creative Media (White Plains, NY) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Cindy Loza ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "Thank u so much for all u have done it brings so much joy to have my pictures back...thank u from the bottom of my heart!!! That picture of my dad may he rest in peace is priceless!!

RESTORED BY: Michael Rietveld (Roosendaal , Netherlands) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Thanks again for the restoration. It brings back memories. I'm not in this pic but judging from my sisters, it was taken around 1960. This looks like a Sunday gathering with my Nanny on a summer day. My family, my uncle and cousin was there, and I think my Dad was taking the picture. It's Great that this moment was captured, and then restored for us. Thank you for your service." (c/o Thea's sweet son, Tony)

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Jennifer Hayek ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "Thanks for the great Easter pictures. The one with my mother was really special since I don't have a lot of pictures of her because she never wanted her picture taken. Thanks again for all your hard work."

RESTORED BY: John Nugent (Bovina, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you for another amazing restoration. I am so grateful for the return of memories otherwise lost." ||| *Original photo was photographed rather than scanned. Was firmly affixed to glass!

RESTORED BY: Bernie E. + CFS ||| FAMILY: Beverly Flaherty ||| LOCATION: Babylon (Long island), NY ||| "Thank you so much for these beautifully restored photos....each one is a treasure! I never know what I am going to see when I down load an image, I am always so happy to see the results. Thank you for all your time and talent...you are all so wonderful to assist those of us who have lost so many of our photographic memories."

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson/CFS! ||| FAMILY: Mary Ellen & Steve Elias ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Awesome! Thanks so much. My daughter was about 6 and we were on our way to a family reunion in St. Petersburg. We stopped in Orlando for a few days and went to a magic show. My daughter was enthralled with magic at that age. The magician called her up on stage to help with a trick and a little boy in the audience yelled out, "She's pretty!" I should have known then that it was only the beginning... She's 18 now and just had me in tears when she tried on her prom dress. Happy Easter!"

RESTORED BY: Amy Crooks (Rahdrum, ID) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Massapequa, Long Island, NY ||| "Thank you so much for these restorations!! My daughter has health issues in which she has spent 18 days this month in the hospital so I am always happy to see her smiling face in the wonderful pictures you send but since this has been an especially difficult month even more so with these pixs. Thanks for the needed smile!"

RESTORED BY: Amy Crooks (Rahdrum, ID) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "These photos just made my day. Thank you so much for restoring our photos and for giving us back the memories we thought we lost with Sandy. Unbelievable work - and we can't thank you enough."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Thanks...for the photos. It really brings back the memories. The family photo has to be about 30 years ago, and I recall the good times my family would get together at dinner. It was great being together and sharing good conversation. Thank you again so much for bringing back these photos and our memories. Your generosity is overwhelming. God bless. "

RESTORED BY: Anonymous (Philadelphia, PA) ||| FAMILY: Jennifer Hayek ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ |||"Thank you so much or this picture. It is very sentimental to us. This is one of the few good pictures of my father with his grandchildren. Thanks again for all the hard work you do."

RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Hoong Yee Lee & Seth Krakauer ||| LOCATION: Rockaway Park, Queens, NY ||| "You are like the first spring crocus that just pops through the last of winter and brings a smile to everyone. And you come bearing treasured photos! Thank you so much for this one. It brings me back to that moment on our wedding day where we could finally relax and be a little silly. Seth and I send our love."..."Happy Spring! We love the pix! Thank you".

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson/CFS! ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| "(c. 1967) In one of the villages where I did my field research. | The despondent old woman was sitting waiting for the Hakim (a doctor in the Unani system, a Muslim medical system somewhat like the Hindu Ayurveda). The doctor appears in another picture, previously restored, looking straight into the camera wearing a turban and wire-rimmed spectacles). As a lower caste patient she sits outside on the door sill. I was there, just inside, because that was where I would wait while my assistant/translater rounded up the people I'd selected from a village census to be interviewed. Side note: at first people were anxious for the prestige of being interviewed by a foreigner but as the populace became aware of how long and tedious the interviews were --- up to ten hours in some cases --- it was harder and harder to corral willing participants. I taught my assistant three North American maxims and would send him off to hunt down the reluctant farmers with one of the following: Frank Buck's (big game hunter), “Bring 'em back alive”, The RCMP's, "We always get our man” and Joe Louis' (heavyweight boxing champion), “He can run but he can't hide”. When he had found someone he would bring him to the doctor's “office” or he would summon me to a charpoi under a tree or once even to a potato field where we scuttled along crablike with one of the respondents as he dug up spuds."
ABANDONED BY: Robert Hillier (Saginaw, MI) without word or apology. PLEASE do not adopt images if you cannot keep commitments and lack consideration. We're always understanding if 'life' gets in the way if notified in a timely manner. : (

RESTORED BY: (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Kristine Matarese ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| *Dear family, if you see this restoration, please write to us. We've sent many many many emails this year which have not received responses, including those containing 6 new very time-consuming restorations. We cannot call every time a restoration is ready and must have an active email address to send restorations to. Until/if communication improves, this will be your last restoration. : (

RESTORED BY: JoAnne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Beverly Flaherty ||| Babylon (Long island), NY ||| "Thank you so much for these beautifully restored photos....each one is a treasure! I never know what I am going to see when I down load an image, I am always so happy to see the results. Thank you for all your time and talent...you are all so wonderful to assist those of us who have lost so many of our photographic memories."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Oceanside (Long Island), NY ||| "Thank you so much , it seems like a long memory now since we first started it, still hurts how much we lost but this helps😀👍"

RESTORED BY: JoAnne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Beverly Flaherty ||| Babylon (Long island), NY ||| "Thank you so much for these beautifully restored photos....each one is a treasure! I never know what I am going to see when I down load an image, I am always so happy to see the results. Thank you for all your time and talent...you are all so wonderful to assist those of us who have lost so many of our photographic memories." ||| Note the straightening of the crooked pews...

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: "Karen" ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "Thank you so much for this restoration! My son is one of the two cub scouts in the photo to make Eagle Scout. This photo is probably 17 years old or so. Thanks for all you do."

RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Mary Ellen & Steve Elias ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Thank you! This is my youngest at 5 months. You also did the picture of my older daughter at the same age. I am so happy to be able to have the matched set to hang on my wall again. This is very special to me. I appreciate all you have done."

RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| "A Rajput elder in the desert near Pushkar, Rajasthan, c 1973" ||| *Stephen is a former Peace Corps volunteer, who ironically used to work with flood victims. His submissions consist almost entirely of photos captured while living in India and Afghanistan. He routinely sends us amazing fact-filled thank you memos and even invited founder Lee Lee to his home in the Rockaways for dinner. His stories are mesmerizing. :)

RESTORED BY: Amy Crooks (Rahdrum, ID) ||| FAMILY: "Theresa" (for parents) ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "We have received this and love the work that was done :) Thank you for your continued work!...my sister's beautiful family. Again, thanks for all the work; it means a great deal."

RESTORED BY: Anonymous (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "Yes this was our first home located in prestigious Tewksbury Township, NJ. We rented there for about 2 years before moving to our Sayreville home. I can’t believe that you remembered that!!! You continue to amaze me...FYI...One of the many homes demolished in our neighborhood…very sad…your kindness helps a lot…thanks."

RESTORED BY: Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) ||| FAMILY: Glen Greenberg ||| LOCATION: Oceanside, Long Island, NY ||| *Dear family. We've phoned you several times in recent months and mailed you 5 restorations on 10/22/14 but have not received acknowledgement. Please get in touch if you wish to continue receiving our gifts! Thank you!

RESTORED BY: Anonymous (Queens, NY) ||| FAMILY: "Thea" ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "This is a photo of my parents wedding day in 1950. Also, my aunt is In this photo. It brings back a lot of memories and it's amazing to see the resemblance in my kids. Thanks again for you fantastic work. We very much appreciate it."

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Laura Lamont/Carmela Saulle ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| Presumed abandoned by original volunteer 11 months after adopting, only after having received multiple udpate requests and without apology or explanation. PLEASE do not offer to restore photos if you are unable to keep commitments. Or at minimum be willing to send a courtesy notification before a given 3-month deadline has passed so as to better manage family expectations. Thanks to our new volunteer for the rescue.

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "Thank you for our latest restoration!!!!! A rare photo of me (because I usually took the pictures) in the Adirondack mountains along the range trail on our way to Mount Marcy. One of many back packing adventures with my good friend Kevin Foran. Thanks for restoring a memory from over 40 years ago."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| "On the lawn of "Earlswood", Upper Bakrota, Dalhousie, Distt. Chamba, H.P. India. Taken outside my house, which like most other "summer houses" built before Indian Independence had a pretentious name: Earlswood.
The children playing on the fence in the picture are on the lawn outside my house. They belong to the chowkidar (watchmen/caretaker) who managed the three houses owned by my centenarian landlord and theyv often came to graze some sheep there. Their father, Chumaru, was a really nice man, always cheerful and helpful and unlike many of his counterparts, completely honest. He was in charge minor repairs and looking after the landlord's surrounding fruit orchards. Each year, when fruit was ripening, Chumaru would hire a weird aged Tibetan to sit out at night among the peach, pear and apple trees, banging on a big pot to scare away bears).
Landlords were generally absentee and I, speaking Hindi/Punjabi, was the intermediary between foreigner/hippies negotiating with Chumaru and with other chowkidars for other houses around Upper Bakrota. These houses had been summer retreats for rich Punjabi Muslims in pre-partition India and had been grabbed up by Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs in the confusion of Partition. Twenty-five years after Partition some of the houses were derelict and the rest were distinctly no-frills. In those days few of the new owners came there at all and the ones who did would stay only for only the height of the hellish Punjab hot season and would leave as soon as the monsoon broke.

RESTORED BY: Anonymous (Queens, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Massapequa, Long Island, NY ||| "Thank you so much for the great picture! My daughter will be so excited when she sees it! I can't remember the specific day the picture was taken but we love to see pictures when she was younger and b/c of Sandy they are limited so I really appreciate the work that was done to restore this picture!"

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: William Wade ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Once again, you folks have done an amazing job! My wife and I are extremely grateful for the care and time you have put into this project. Please pass along our thanks to everyone on your staff."

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: Ralph & Nancy Capurso ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "oh wow i can't wait to show my grandparents! i'm really not sure the story behind this picture or where they even are in this picture and when i give it to them i will ask. thank you guys again!

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: William Wade ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Once again, you folks have done an amazing job! My wife and I are extremely grateful for the care and time you have put into this project. Please pass along our thanks to everyone on your staff."

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "Thank you for beautiful restored memory just in time for Christmas. You can't get a better gift than a restored photo of Carey taken before we were married at the Philadelphia Zoo over forty years ago. Thanks again!!!!"

RESTORED BY: Anonymous (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| "Guatemala in 1991. A community self-help project enabled by "food-for-peace" through the US NGO SHARE. The food, US surplus commodities, allowed for food-for-work participation in this roadbuilding as well as monetization for purchases of cement, materials, tools, which the community would not otherwise have been able to afford."

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Linda Hittleman ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "thanks! haha just in time for Chanukah - this must have been a Chanukah party 22 years ago... made my day"

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: Cindy Loza ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| ""Hello and thank u guys for everything u guys are awesome!!!! That was the first pic taken of my daughter when she was born thank u again."

RESTORED BY: Anonymous (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Massapequa, Long Island, NY ||| "Awesome! Thank you so much for the picture...It is from a wood working class I did at Home Depot with my daughter when she was 6 years old. She was making a flag for 4th of July. I forgot about that day until I saw the picture. Thanks!"

RESTORED BY: Linda Pawley Harriett (Mesa, AZ) ||| FAMILY: Cindy Loza ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "I really appreciate everything u guys have done... It means more to me to get a pic from all of u then anything...thank u very much for my picture she was abt 3 months old and was posing for her great grandmother."

RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| Staten Island, NY ||| Thank you for the photo. This picture is especially meaningful this time of year. The kids grow up and families somehow grow apart. I recall this Christmas picture with my sister and niece many Christmas's ago. Thanks again for taking he time to restore these pictures and all you do for the victims of superstorm Sandy. it brings back fond memories."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: William Wade ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Once again, you folks have done an amazing job! My wife and I are extremely grateful for the care and time you have put into this project. Please pass along our thanks to everyone on your staff."

RESTORED BY: Jessica Lau (Queens, NY) ||| FAMILY: Schieda Family ||| LOCATION: Wantagh (Long Island), NY ||| "I want to say thank you to Jessica Lau for the great work on the Schieda Family photo of my daughter, it look as good as new. Thank you again."

RESTORED BY: Diane Barton (Milwaukee, WI) ||| FAMILY: Jerry Glassman ||| LOCATION: Bellmore (Long Island), NY ||| "Santa Claus came a few days earlier this year. Many thanks for the restoration. Now my grandchildren will be able to meet their great grandfather. Many, many thanks."

RESTORED BY: Óscar Hilillo (Malaga, Spain) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Massapequa, Long Island, NY ||| "Thank you so much! That's amazing that some of the picture was restored in Spain. What a nice Christmas Day surprise. This is a picture of my daughter Bridget and I on Christmas Eve 2010 visiting Santa at Santa Land at Macy's in NYC so what a perfect picture to receive on Christmas Day! Merry Christmas to you and your family too!!"

RESTORED BY: JoAnne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| "(c. 1972) On the lawn of "Earlswood", Upper Bakrota, Dalhousie, Distt. Chamba, H.P. India.
There's me and a man named Gullu who was a coolie (yes, as distasteful as that word is to Americans it is the actual word used for porters in India) in Dalhousie. Living three miles from the bazaar (and at 8000 feet above sea level) foreigners hired coolies to schlep stuff up the mountain after having made large and heavy purchases such as tins of kerosene or sacks of rice or wheat flour. Lighter things we carried ourselves. My house is in the background. I lived in Upper Bakrota, outside Dalhousie, for eight seasons, four in that house and four in another. Gullu was a favorite among the foreigners because unlike some of the other coolies he didn't hassle for more than the established price after he'd delivered the stuff. A very tough life but there were people even tougher: Kashmiris who came each season to carry incredible burdens one would think you would need heavy equipment for: tree trunks, cement telephone poles and so on. They didn't do ordinary coolie work; the locals would let them do this easier, mkore lucrtive, work The Kashmiris were dreadfully poor, either barefoot or wearing rope sandals, and would trudge along up the steep path at a snail's pace bent in an inverted L-shape --- with a twelve foot log across their backs, with only a length of rope wrapped around the load and clutched in their fists.
*Stephen is a former Peace Corps volunteer, who ironically used to work with flood victims. His submissions consist almost entirely of photos captured while living in India and Afghanistan.

RESTORED BY: CFS + Darlene Johnson (Staten Island, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Lindenhurst (Long Island), NY ||| "Thanks for the newest photo. I love it! The wonderful blue tricycle was for me, and I rode it for many years. You can see how big it was compared to me. I also received a helmet and goggles . I couldn't wait to ride my new bike. Of course, you will notice in the picture that the bike was much too big for me. I couldn't even reach the pedals. My dad made giant blocks out of pieces of wood and covered each pedal with one so I could reach the pedals. Before you know it, I was zooming through the house on my new bike in complete ensem (helmet and goggles). My dad passed away when I was 13 so each memory I have of him is precious. You just brought this one back for me -- just in time for Christmas!! Warm holiday wishes to all who have worked on this amazing project."

RESTORED BY: JoAnne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| "Me and my landlord, Mukand Lal Dhawan. He claimed to be 100 years old but his son (with whom he didn't get along) told me he was lying and only 98!" |||
*Stephen is a former Peace Corps volunteer, who ironically used to work with flood victims. His submissions consist almost entirely of photos captured while living in India and Afghanistan.

RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for this wonderful picture of my older daughter, Ellen. This was probably the first time she sat up by herself! Of course I am thrilled to have this moment restored for all time. This means the world to me to be able to enjoy these familiar photos once again! Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving and wish all your volunteers as well! You all get my extra thanks for all you have brought back to my family's and my life!"

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Joseph Perinelli ||| LOCATION: Midland Beach, Staten Island, NY ||| "Thank you once again for the photo....my brother & a good friend in Ortley Beach, NJ...My friend's house is completely gone. As you may know Ortley Beach was decimated, but they have rebuilt a new home which is totally elevated for the new flood zone. My mother never got to it this past summer. She was up for it & we all miss her terribly. Thank you for asking. Merry Christmas"

RESTORED BY: Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) ||| FAMILY: Glen Greenberg ||| LOCATION: Oceanside, Long Island, NY ||| *Dear family. We've phoned you several times in recent months and mailed you 5 restorations on 10/22/14 but have not received acknowledgement. Please get in touch if you wish to continue receiving our gifts! Thank you!

RESTORED BY: Kate McKinney (Wethersfield, CT) + a lil' CFS tinting ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Brooklyn (Sheepshead Bay), NY ||| Family provided with classic black & white, sepia and tinted versions. ||| "Once again Thank you to this marvelous staff of CARE for Sandy restorer! You make my day when I receive an unexpected photo restored. It places the biggest smile on my face. That is my mom in green velvet jacket and her good friend on Pitkin Ave in Brooklyn. Mom was 5 years of age in photo taken in 1945. She will get a great kick on having this photo restored. Cheer to all of you. Keep up the fabulous work"

RESTORED BY: JoAnne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| Staten Island, NY ||| Thanks very much, I received these picture and they look awesome. Thanks to the restoration work you do!"
ABANDONED BY: Shane Garland (Ireland) 9/24/13 ||| Volunteer never returned a restoration and ignored every email we sent thereafter all year. PLEASE do not offer to restore photos if you cannot keep commitments. Or at minimum be willing to bow out gracefully by letting us know before your 3-month deadline has elapsed so that we can manage family expectations. : (

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: "Maria" ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "God bless you for the support and the time expended working in the restoration of the pictures. We really appreciate your efforts."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Kristine Matarese ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| *Dear family, if you see this restoration, please write to us. We've sent many many emails/gifts this year, which have not received responses and cannot call every time a restoration is ready. To continue receiving restorations, we need acknowledgement for prior restorations/prompt responses whenever we write. Your past 5 restorations have not received a peep in return. : /

RESTORED BY: Leo Bruce (Great Neck, NY) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "Thanks very much, I received these pictures and they look awesome...It's my graduation day, and I remember kidding around with my family. I was relieved that classes were over and my Dad was feeling proud. In the shot my Dad wore the uniform hat and grabbed the diploma. It was a great day with some great memories. A day that is close to my heart and a day I will always remember. Thanks to the restoration work you do! I can re-live that day again...today."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: "Maria" ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Thank you, for the picture, it looks great." ||| Staff note: We scan at 600dpi so that families can print 4x6s as pristine 8x10s. Flickr does not display our largest sizes. Believe it or not at full scale, this original was covered in a spray of white hickies that required time-intensive removal.

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Francine McCabe ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| ABANDONED BY: Gary Ford (Mission Viejo, CA) 8/23/13. Abandoned 9 months after adopting. PLEASE do not offer to restore photos if you cannot keep commitments. Or at minimum be willing to send a respectful memo before a given 3-month deadline has passed, so that we can keep families informed without raising false hopes, and so that we do not waste time on our end either. : (

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Jennifer Hayek ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "Thanks for the beautiful picture of my little guy. It brings back such good memories. Thanks for all your hard work." ||| ABANDONED BY: Dina Itayem (Memphis, TN) 7/26/13 ||| Volunteer never submitted a restoration and ignored every email we sent over the course of 7 months. PLEASE do not offer to help restore photos if you cannot keep commitments. Or at minimum be willing to bow out with grace before your 3-month deadline has elapsed, by notifying staff, so that we can manage family expectations. :(

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "Saturday was beyond awesome! I was so excited to meet you and am so glad it finally worked out! There truly are no words for what you and the volunteers have given back to my family. It is truly inspirational! We have been going through the beautiful album over and over again... I have found everyone looking at it independently and together since you have it to is.....what an truly incredible surprise ;) "

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, Ny ||| "Saturday was beyond awesome! I was so excited to meet you and am so glad it finally worked out! There truly are no words for what you and the volunteers have given back to my family. It is truly inspirational! We have been going through the beautiful album over and over again... I have found everyone looking at it independently and together since you have it to is.....what an truly incredible surprise ;) "
*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment which aired on 11/7/14. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Jessica Lau (Queens, NY) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: John Nugent (Bovina, NY) ||| ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Charles Conti (Dix Hills, NY) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: David Kettrey of Enjoy Your Photos (Lebanon, IN) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| *Family provided with 'no ceiling lights' option as well ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| *Family provided with 'no ceiling lights' option as well ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Anonymous (Queens, NY) ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "Saturday was beyond awesome! I was so excited to meet you and am so glad it finally worked out! There truly are no words for what you and the volunteers have given back to my family. It is truly inspirational! We have been going through the beautiful album over and over again... I have found everyone looking at it independently and together since you have it to is.....what an truly incredible surprise ;) "

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Thomasina K. (San Francisco, CA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| *Family provided with no-date option as well. ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Kim Van Ausdal (Los Angeles, CA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

RESTORED BY: John Nugent (Bovina, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Brooklyn (Sheepshead Bay), NY ||| "Thank you again for all of your fabulous restoration to my photos. I can never thank you enough for providing me and my family with a little part of our past. A big warm hug from me to all of you."

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Thomasina K. (San Francisco, CA) ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "Saturday was beyond awesome! I was so excited to meet you and am so glad it finally worked out! There truly are no words for what you and the volunteers have given back to my family. It is truly inspirational! We have been going through the beautiful album over and over again... I have found everyone looking at it independently and together since you have it to is.....what an truly incredible surprise ;) "

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| *Family provided with no-date option as well. ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

*This image was rush restored for a NY1 "NYorker of the Week" segment to be aired on 11/7/14 at approximately 9:30pm. Its family was surprised with a "CARE Package". Beautiful prints were donated by Bestype Imaging, placed in gorgeous albums gifted by Soho Photo Gallery. Thanks to all who participated! Click here to learn how YOU can send a CARE Package to a different family — no Photoshop skills necessary.
RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| ||| "Thank you so much for yesterday and especially for my wonderful picture album! I was so stunned by this unexpected surprise and the time and effort you and the other volunteers put in to make this happen! This was so special and went beyond anything I would have imagined. I hope you know how grateful I am to you and your team for all your generosity in restoring my most cherished memories through these pictures! Larry was as surprised and delighted as I was to experience what I have been telling him about you first hand! I feel privileged to know you! Thank you again for everything!"

RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "You never cease to amaze me with the timing of your wonderful surprises! I can't believe you took the time to give me a heads up on their arrival! I don't know how to say thank you anymore without finding another language! Unfortunately, I am not literate in anything but English! You are all so amazing and I hope you forward my deepest thanks to the individual that devoted his time and effort to restore my precious photos from my son's Bar Mitzvah! Kudos to all of you and your staff for your generosity on my behalf and all the other victims of Sandy!"

RESTORED BY: Earl Joseph (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "I GOT IT!!!!! That's me and my momma!...So many AMAZING people, like yourself and all the volunteers, never thought twice about commitments they had and stepped up to help others. TWO years later, YOU and YOUR volunteers, continue to give tirelessly of yourselves and NEVER ask for anything...You have put a smile on my face so many times, over the last two years...thank you for ALWAYS making everyone smile."

RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Ralph & Nancy Capurso ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "thank you again for yet another wonderful restoration! my grandpa's birthday is next week and i can't wait to get these printed and framed for him! " ||| *Inscription on back reads: "To Nancy From Ralph 10/24"; Yesteryear typography on back reads: "PLEASE NOTE ADDITIONAL PORTRAITS CAN BE ORDERED BY THE ENTIRE NUMBER THAT APPEARS ABOVE. IF USED FOR PUBLICATION PLEASE GIVE CREDIT LINE TO DELMA STUDIOS 521 5TH AVENUE NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK"

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Cindy Loza ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ |||
ABANDONED BY: Fernando Sanchez-Magrane (New York, NY). This image's original volunteer (who claims to have worked as a color correction/retouching professional for 15 years) sent a very poor restoration to us 8-months late — and only after we'd sent multiple update inquiries. But then sadly ignored every amendment request we sent (confirmed as read via email tracking), even though we offered to assist with color and provide helpful tutorials. PLEASE do not offer to restore images for us if you cannot keep commitments. Or if you've changed your mind about volunteering for us and find that you no longer have time to produce a quality restoration? Show a little class and bow out with grace so that we can manage family expectations. Our families deserve nothing but the very best. Thanks to our new volunteer for the rescue!

RESTORED BY: Sandra Kerry (Portland, ME) ||| FAMILY: The Horezga Family ||| LOCATION: South Amboy, NJ ||| "Thank you so much, I am in awe at how you continue to make such an impact on our lives through your work."

RESTORED BY: David Kettrey of Enjoy Your Photos (Lebanon, IN) ||| FAMILY: Marilyn & Gary ||| LOCATION: Belle Harbor, NY ||| "It is really the only baby picture of me I have so I am so appreciative...You have no idea how happy you have made me...I just printed out the picture, and I am so happy." ||| *Staff note: One of our most difficult to restore accurately images yet. Up close there is very little original pixel content left. Akin to restoring a pointillistic Seurat painting.

RESTORED BY: Sébastien Labrunie (Bordeaux, France) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Jennifer Hayek ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "Thank you so much for restoring my pictures. I am always so happy to receive them, it brings back such good memories. Again thank you for all the hard work you do."

RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Kate Daretany ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "April 25th will be the 6th full moon since the Harvest moon of October 29th — The 20' tidal wave went through our home and took most of our precious treasures to the bottom of the Atlantic — Our house continues to be "red tagged" but we have comfort in the many many kindnesses of friends and family."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Kate Daretany ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "April 25th will be the 6th full moon since the Harvest moon of October 29th — The 20' tidal wave went through our home and took most of our precious treasures to the bottom of the Atlantic — Our house continues to be "red tagged" but we have comfort in the many many kindnesses of friends and family."

RESTORED BY: Sandra Kerry (Portland, ME) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "god bless you...thank you very very much for all of your help with my sister's pictures. She will be very happy to see these."

RESTORED BY: Sandra Kerry (Portland, ME) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "god bless you...thank you very very much for all of your help with my sister's pictures. She will be very happy to see these." ||| From afar you'd never guess this photo was dirty. Upon close-up you'd have noted white spritzy dots all over the image requiring significant spot healing.

RESTORED BY: Kerrin Bell (London, England, UK) ||| FAMILY: Laura Lamont/Carmela Saulle ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| Family provided with a "no date" version as well. ||| P.S. This photo may have looked cleanish to begin with, but we scan at 600dpi and it was grimy at close range indeed!

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| *Stephen is a former Peace Corps volunteer, who ironically used to work with flood victims. His submissions consist almost entirely of photos captured while living in India and Afghanistan.

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Angela D. ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| Since this is a Most Cherished image, for framing purposes family was also provided with an alternate version in which the metal bannisters were removed.

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "As usual you have brightened my evening with receipt of this photo of my husband! We weren't even married yet, he was in the Army! I was all teary when I saw it, thank you once again! You have my younger daughter's photo in the gallery you sent, and that too was a wonderful surprise! I can't stop telling everyone about your wonderful work! You are all very special and should receive recognition for your dedication and kindness to strangers! Thank you so much once again."

RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Lindenhurst (Long Island), NY ||| "Thank you. This photo is of my brother, two cousins and last girl (is) unknown...He is the little guy in the photo -- now 73 years old. It is definitely the eastern shore of the Hudson River in New York. Either Croton Point Park or Kingsland Point Park which is in Sleepy Hollow, NY. He is pretty sure it is Kingsland."

RESTORED BY: Jessica Lau (Queens, NY) ||| FAMILY: "Karen" ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "Thanks for the restoration! My son is an Eagle Scout. My daughter and I made it up to Cadettes. Sports won out with my daughter. Keep up the good work. It is so appreciated."

RESTORED BY: Leo Bruce (Great Neck, NY) ||| FAMILY: Linda Hittleman ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thanks!!! That's my dad in Cuba who is turning 90!!" ||| Family provided with classic black and white version as well. |||
ABANDONED BY: Mona Walker (Hampton, VA) 2/11/14 AND Wyatt Nolan (Hebron, KY) 6/13/13 ||| 2013 volunteer ignored multiple update requests until he finally responded, not to apologize for abandoning the photo or for having ignored prior inquiries, but to curtly ask us to remove him from our mailing list. 2014 volunteer claimed she no longer had time, when staff inquired two months after her given deadline had passed. PLEASE do not offer to volunteer if you cannot keep commitments, or at minimum be willing to show us the same respect you'd show a paying client, by remaining communicative. Thanks to our third volunteer for the rescue!

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY ||| "The picture is magnificent!!! THANK YOU!! ...My mom and I truly appreciate all the time and hard work you and your staff have dedicated to restoring the pictures. It means the world to us!! Once again, thank you."

RESTORED BY: Leo Bruce (Great Neck, NY) ||| FAMILY: Angela D. ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| Thanks to our 2nd volunteer for the rescue!!!
ABANDONED BY: Marsha Ferrell @emme retouching (Blairstown, NJ) 5/11/13 on 1/16/14. PLEASE do not adopt images if you cannot keep commitments. Our original volunteer ignored email after email only to ultimately abandon three photos for this family 8 months after she opted to restore them, 5 months after the images' given deadline, with zero courtesy notification. She also neglected to apologize for her actions. Please show CARE the same consideration you'd show a paying client or employer by remaining communicative and professional. : /

RESTORED BY: ||| FAMILY: Susan Perez ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| *Please do not distribute/display without permission, per family request. |||
A young and glamorous Barbra Streisand circa the late 1960s, outside New York City's Ed Sullivan Theater exiting or entering a limo. (Susan played paparazzi as a preteen. She presented us with a marvelous collection of celebrity snapshots, all shot c/o Ed Sullivan Show guests. Her collection is so special to her, she submitted no family photographs.)
Barbra! We'd love to surprise our family with an autographed print. Write to careforsandy (at) gmail...

RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Susan Perez ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| *Please do not distribute/display without permission, per family request. |||
A young and glamorous Barbara Eden circa the late 1960s, outside New York City's Ed Sullivan Theater on a conceivably rainy day. (Susan played paparazzi as a preteen. She presented us with a marvelous collection of celebrity snapshots, all shot c/o Ed Sullivan Show guests. Her collection is so special to her, she submitted no family photographs!)

RESTORED BY: ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Lindenhurst (Long Island), NY |||
"This photo was taken at My Uncle's place in a very rural section of Short Hills,NJ. They lived on a huge piece of property with acres of woods behind it. Story goes that my Uncle "----" came upon him (the raccoon) as a baby -- his mother dead. My uncle brought him home and they fed him from a bottle. He was very accustomed to being held. He was very friendly and funny to watch. He did have a big outside pen. He remained with them for some time, but if my memory serves (I was only about 10), eventually he showed a desire to be free and they did let him return to the wild. Of course, now I wonder if he adapted to the wild after having been with them. I don't think people knew as much about the potential problems back then. My brother is on the right and two of my cousins in the middle. I believe the fellow on the left was a boyfriend. he raccoon's name was Yogi. There once was a photo of me sitting on a picnic bench with my younger cousin holding Yogi and me looking scared to death! Anyway, so nice to have a photo of Yogi back. "----" just saw this and wanted to know the whole story. So you see, by restoring these photos you are keeping family memories alive and passed on to the next generation. Thanks so much."

RESTORED BY: JoAnne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: The Morrisett Family ||| Bellmore, NY ||| Dear family. We've been emailing you for months and can see that at least one family member has not only received but has read our emails, but you've yet to acknowledge our recent gifts. We cannot send new restorations until we've heard from you, nor send additional images out for adoption. Please do not take our time and generosity for granted. : (

RESTORED BY: John Nugent (Bovina, NY) ||| FAMILY: Beverly Flaherty ||| Babylon (Long island), NY ||| "Another wonderful gift! This is my daughter Emily, I think she was 7...she is now 18 and getting ready to leave for college in the fall! Thank you so much for this beautiful restoration!" ||| Family provided with classic black and white + several tinted options.
***ABANDONED BY: Valentino Loyola (Mountainview, CA) 4/26/13 on 1/19/14, i.e. 9 months later after numerous email inquiries. PLEASE do not adopt photos if you cannot keep commitments and cannot at least respectfully notify staff before 3 months have elapsed, that you will not be able to restore a given photo. If done in a timely way we will understand. Thanks to our second volunteer for the rescue!

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson/CFS! ||| FAMILY: "Flo" ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "You have no idea how grateful I am to...to each and everyone of you that is returning precious memories to Sandy victims. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!"

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY ||| "The picture is beautiful!!! (as always) Keep them coming!! You have no idea how much this means to us! Have a great summer."

RESTORED BY: Team Dee/CFS! ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Lindenhurst (Long Island), NY ||| Family provided with a classic black 7 white version as well. ||| " I really can't believe the quality of the restorations! It is heartwarming to see them again."

RESTORED BY: Team RBJ (Flemington, NJ) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Laura Lamont/Carmela Saulle ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "We chose to stay home on the night of the hurricane. BAD IDEA!!! We spent 12 hours in the attic with a friend from Olympia Blvd. and a 1 1/2yr old dog. We were rescued by boat at about 6:00am Tuesday."

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Happy 4th of July! and Thank you for the festive photo of my lovely daughter who is now 11 years old. I was trying to imagine what photo you restored and this was a great surprise.
Thanks so much!..!...!"

RESTORED BY: ||| FAMILY: Dr. Kim Lurie ||| LOCATION: Freeport & Long Beach, NY ||| "Suffice to say — SANDY was a trifecta. 1) I lost my home - 7ft of water. 2) Lost my 20x20 storage unit. 3) My lower Manhattan office was also affected." ||| "The pictures are of...my mother. In fact, just recently I was searching for her headshot for a 35th memorial of my dad's passing and I realized I no longer had it. So, it is wonderful to have it back! Thank you again for bringing back to "life" some of my lost memories...as you can probably tell, losing my photos, love notes, and so well preserved keepsakes from my life was some of the worst..furniture, clothing, dishes and even my home I can replace....love letter from old boyfriends, family no longer alive...I can not. Thank you for bringing some of that back to me." ||| *Originally an actress' promo card. Name and number/white bar removed from bottom to protect privacy, in case # is still valid.

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Beverly Flaherty ||| Babylon (Long island), NY ||| "Oh my gosh! What a great memory! My wedding day, almost 24 years ago! Both of my parent are gone now so this is a treasure, thank you so much!"

RESTORED BY: Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) ||| FAMILY: Laura Lamont/Carmela Saulle ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Thank You, I rec’d pictures today & they are AMAZING !!!!!" | "We chose to stay home on the night of the hurricane. BAD IDEA!!! We spent 12 hours in the attic with a friend from Olympia Blvd. and a 1 1/2yr old dog. We were rescued by boat at about 6:00am Tuesday."

RESTORED BY: Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) ||| FAMILY: Laura Lamont/Carmela Saulle ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY"Thank You, I rec’d pictures today & they are AMAZING !!!!!" | "We chose to stay home on the night of the hurricane. BAD IDEA!!! We spent 12 hours in the attic with a friend from Olympia Blvd. and a 1 1/2yr old dog. We were rescued by boat at about 6:00am Tuesday."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thanks once again for these wonderful pictures and memories! This picture is my youngest, and I can't tell you how much it means to me to see these again....Having our memories of such meaningful family occasions brought back to life is so important at a time our lives were torn apart and our possessions washed away...Thank you seems inadequate for all you have done, but I will say it again,"

RESTORED BY: Peggy Staley (Lewiston, ID) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you!! I was just thinking about you recently and there in my email is a great gift to me. Thank you for restoring great memories. I can't believe we are still recovering."

RESTORED BY: Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Lindenhurst (Long Island), NY |||
"There is a photo with my white haired Aunt Nora in a pretty blue dress and my Uncle Claude in a tux on their daughter's wedding day. Uncle Claude hailed from Nottingham, England and my dear aunt was from County Cork, Ireland. During WWI my Uncle was in the RAF, I believe, and was wounded. In the hospital my aunt was his nurse. He must have thought she did a good job because they married and had four children. Not sure if they married in the US but all the children were born here. They were very dear to me, my grandparents, really. My maternal granddad died before I was born and grandma passed when I was two. I am so happy to have this lovely photo. I can't tell you much I love it, and how grateful I am to be able to "see " them and remember the wonderful times we shared together. My own dad passed away when I was 13 and Uncle Claude gave me away on my wedding day. They had the best marriage I have ever encountered. Thank you once again!"

RESTORED BY: Diane Barton (Milwaukee, WI) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Bayville, Long Island, NY ||| "Anne _____ was living in the NY Metro area around the turn of the century and dreamt of seeing her childhood home in Sligo one last time so she & a cousin traveled back to Ireland - that's when this photo was taken. Can't thank you enough." ||| Family provided with B&W + sepia central image options + flush images, too.

RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: "Karen" ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "The photos look great! ...(this is) my son at Sea World when he was about 5. These are cherished photos of their younger years since they are now 27 and 24.I can't thank you enough for all you and your volunteers have done. God Bless!"

RESTORED BY: Maggie O'Reilly (Bay Shore, NY) ||| FAMILY: Jennifer Hayek ||| LOCATION: Sayreville, NJ ||| "Thank you so much. That arrived on one of those days when I needed some cheering up & it definitely did the trick. Once again thank you so much for all the time you spend doing this for us. It is truly appreciated."

RESTORED BY: Team Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Hicksville, Long Island, NY ||| "The little dancers: The one in front is MY solo- Glasses and all- Funny the ones in back all are at a different step. Apparently the little blond is in best pose. Don't know how young I was- clearly one of the first dance recitals. If I ever have grand kids I might share it....I thank you for the time and efforts that everyone put (into) it. I am sorry it never got to Oprah as it was news and interest worthy. Thank you again."

RESTORED BY: Tim Barnes (Bedford, TX) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Hicksville, Long Island, NY ||| "The other photos are of my Aunt and Uncle. It is one of the few pix I have and it shows the love and playfulness between them. I thank you for the time and efforts that everyone put (into) it. I am sorry it never got to Oprah as it was news and interest worthy. Thank you again."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Ralph & Nancy Capurso ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| " thank you so much, my family and i really appreciate all of the hard work it took to repair these memories." ||| Abandoned by original January 2013 volunteer w'out word. Thanks to our new volunteer for the rescue!

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "Thank you so much for another wonderful restoration. ...I'm super happy with how it came out! I was 15 in this picture, and I was going to a senior prom! I remember being so excited! Thank you so much for your continued hard work and dedication. It is greatly appreciated!" ||| Staff note: Flickr calibrates differently vs Photoshop's Adobe RGB. Too much magenta in Flickr version!

RESTORED BY: Gary Ford (Mission Viejo, CA) ||| FAMILY: Francine McCabe ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "Thank you for this wonderful picture, taken in 1949, damaged by Sandy and restored when we are finding our way through end of life care."

RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Belle Harbor, Queens, NY ||| Retrieved from the rubble of the family's non-existent home in Rockaway Beach (130th Street), where an entire block burned down during the storm. They lost everything, save for a couple dozen charred photos. ||| Entire image was coated in ash. Restoration therefore akin to restoring a photo-realistic painting. Nearly every pixel had to be 'recreated'.

RESTORED BY: Joey LaDuke (New Boston, MI) ||| FAMILY: Thea Friscia ||| Staten Island, NY ||| "Thanks you again for all of the work you have done. My sister will be delighted to see these picutres." ||| Abandoned by original volunteer. Thanks to our new volunteer for the rescue!

RESTORED BY: David Kettrey of Enjoy Your Photos (Lebanon, IN) ||| FAMILY: Jessica Ardi/The Ardi Family ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "We thank you very much. It means a lot...This particular picture is my husband when he was little. These were almost all of the photos from his childhood that we could salvage. There are others that look just like him but they are actually his brother who passed away when he was a little older then that picture." ; "Most of these are my husband's memories and all he has left of his mom and brother. Sandy tried to take everything away but we are trying to come back and we will even (get back some) of our photos too."

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| Woodmere, Long Island, NY ||| "We highly appreciate what you have done for us by restoring the pictures and doing the beautiful work." ||| ABANDONED BY: Matt Johnson (Pewsey, England) 4/23/13; presumed AWOL as of April 2014 ||| Original volunteer disappeared + ignored all follow-up inquiries. PLEASE do not offer to restore photos if you cannot keep commitments. Or at minimum be willing to respectfully let us know before a given 3-month deadlines has passed. : (

RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Susan Brady ||| LOCATION: Belle Harbor, Queens, NY ||| "Thank you so much for the pictures. Yes they certainly have many unforgetable moments!! ...One of the pictures is of my son Brian's first hair cut! Thank you again. The pictures came out great!!"

RESTORED BY: Kay A. (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey (& Andrew, age 2) Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "Another treasure restored!!!! This little pipsqueak is our oldest son Andrew who turned 40 years old February 3rd 2014. We will never be able to thank you for all the joys that you have given to our family ( 21 as of today) Thank you……... thank you…….. thank you!!!!!!!!!!"

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| Woodmere, Long Island, NY ||| "We highly appreciate what you have done for us by restoring the pictures and doing the beautiful work."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Oceanside (Long Island), NY ||| "I think you all doing a great deed for all of us who lost so much and pictures connect us with the past which most of it we lost and it is so painful for me that I don't even want to think about it. I appreciate everything that you are doing bless you for doing it."

RESTORED BY: Kate McKinney (Wethersfield, CT) ||| FAMILY: The Horezga Family ||| LOCATION: South Amboy, NJ ||| "Wow...a picture is worth a thousand words. This is at McGuire Air Force base. We used to go there to see the air show each year. My dad was an ex drill sargent in the marines and loved this stuff....so did we! I would have never remembered this tradition if not for these pics. it has been about 15 years since we went to the show. Great stuff!"

RESTORED BY: RBJ (Flemington, NJ) ||| FAMILY: Mary Ellen & Steve Elias ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Wow! This is incredible. I think it looks better than the original! My daughter was 5 months here. Just got her driver's license! Thank you to you and all the volunteers. Amazing that people from so far away are involved."

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson/CFS! ||| FAMILY: "Flo" ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "I am very grateful and thankful to ALL of you for taking your time to see that our memories were not completely destroyed.
Thanks so much again."

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Oceanside, NY ||| "I think you all doing a great deed for all of us who lost so much and pictures connect us with the past which most of it we lost and it is so painful for me that I don't even want to think about it. I appreciate everything that you are doing bless you for doing it."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Thank you so much once again! You are truly an angel to do the work you and your colleagues do! These are pictures of my 3 beautiful children many years ago. The Bar Mitzvah Boy will be 50 in 3 weeks, so this marks a very special occasion! Although he is shorter than his older sister in these pics he is now 6'2"! He did all his growing within a year of this pic! You certainly made my day when I found this pic on my computer! Thank you so much again!"

RESTORED BY: Diane Barton (Milwaukee, WI) ||| FAMILY: Phyllis Diamond ||| LOCATION: Woodmere, (Long Island) NY ||| "We really want to thank for this picture. It is a picture of my husbands brother who was killed in world war two. It is the only one we have. So THANKS."

RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous. ||| LOCATION: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY ||| "Thank you so much for the pictures, and for your dedication to this project. This picture is of my great-grandmother, and my mother will love to see this in time for Mother's day." ||| *Stuck behind glass, hence photographed rather than scanned. Volunteer did not bracket and provided an out-of-focus image as well, so this was a challenge!

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson/CFS! ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "A pleasant surprise indeed!!!!! Many thanks to to all that were responsible for creating this surprise!!!!! Yes this cake was baked for a fourth of July party 1976 the same year our second son Benjamin was born. (He is the baby in this picture) Also in this picture with Carey is our dear friends Doug and Lisa Sermon. This picture was taken in Oldwick, NJ where Carey and I lived when we first got married. A beautiful place on a mountain top where our nearest neighbor was a cow. Oh what memories!!!!"

RESTORED BY: Joanne Wrentham (Portland, OR) ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ ||| "My younger brother Tom(now age 54 years old) taken in the kitchen of the original Kloc family homestead that is slated to be purchased by the state of NJ this July and then demolished……Very sad…..but thanks to you we still have our memories!!!!"

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: The Horezga Family ||| LOCATION: South Amboy, NJ ||| "I am blown away by the photo you sent today. I think that little guy is my younger brother, Joe. He is 25 now and is getting married in August. This is an incredibly emotional picture, because it is truly priceless. Thank you for your work!"

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Christine Schneider for Uncle James Peters ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "As always I cannot thank you and all of the volunteers enough. It means so much to have these memories back! ...While completing the final gut of my uncle's house (he's 85), we came across the attached picture. It is the ONLY picture we found in his house. It is also the ONLY picture that remains of my great-grandmother with all of her 7 children and some of their spouses. All but 2 people in this picture have passed away....This means so much." ||| Family offered version with EXIT sign intact, as well.

RESTORED BY: Darlene Johnson (Staten Island, NY) ||| FAMILY: "Flo" ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "You have no idea how grateful I am to...to each and everyone of you that is returning precious memories to Sandy victims. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!"

RESTORED BY: Anonymous ||| FAMILY: Patty O'Sullivan ||| LOCATION: Atlantic Beach, Long Island, NY ||| *Abandoned for year by original volunteer. PLEASE do not adopt photos if you do not have time to restore them. : (

Watch a TIME LAPSE restoration of this image: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEVArwUBaIk ||| RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: The Horezga Family ||| LOCATION: South Amboy, NJ ||| "My family loves the pictures and can not thank you enough!!!!"; "Great work as usual. This pic is so old that I don't remember taking it when I was young. I am the little guy on the bottom right. We always got pictures with Santa and the Easter Bunny and had fun as kids doing it."; "This was amazing, thank you so much! It is incredible how much goes into one photo. I didn't realize how much work is involved. The results are spectacular!" ||| "Walter was assigned Photo Salvage — We're a family of 6 members & divided between ourselves all tasks to try to recover pieces of our Lives and family History. Three wks. post-storm Sandy, a lady ran up to us at our house & told us a box of family photos were down on the So. Amboy waterfront. Days later, my son Joe went walking in the sand — quite a distance from our house & saw what he described as a treasure chest — it was a sand & seawater soaked chest of our family photos 1917 to present."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Joe & Carey Kloc ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ |||
"It has been more than a year since Hurricane Sandy devastated our neighborhood and you continue to bring joy to a heartbreaking situation. You may not know that the state of New Jersey has made an offer to buy all the homes in our neighborhood. They plan to demolish the our homes and turn the property into open space. Although this is a voluntary program, most of our neighbors are taking the buyout. Like the photos that you so graciously are restoring it is not possible to put a price on a home and a neighborhood that my family has lived in for over 100 years. Even though New Jersey has received billions of dollars for Hurricane Sandy victims to remediate there homes, we were denied assistance. Call us Old Hippies but we are not going. For the last year we have been building a wall of earth and stone around our home to keep the water from future storms at bay. Because we are on modest fixed income most of the earth, rocks, pavers and shrubbery for the wall has been donated by caring friends, family and neighbors. It’s fitting that you restored the photo of my wife, Carey, stopping to smell the roses at Longwood Gardens over 40 years ago because today we planted three rose bushes on our wall. They were given to us by one of our neighbors that are taking the buyout.
We are retired and have plenty of time to remediate our property ourselves, (with a little help from our friends.) Please know that we are fine. We just hit rough patch. Remember that happiness is a journey…….not a destination!!! Also know that what you have done and continue to do is a priceless gift that is appreciated more than you will ever know.
Thanks for making my day!!!!!
Love, Joe and Carey Kloc"

To the 2013-banned female volunteer who had the audacity to impersonate her 2010-deceased male friend in 2014 in order to gain access to our images, this one included, as a 'new' volunteer, we know who you are. If you steal, misattribute, distribute or post our images on your personal pages or attempt to impersonate additional individuals ever again, we'll ensure that your Flickr account is permanently banned. ||| RESTORED BY: CFS ||| FAMILY: Nancy Schilt ||| LOCATION: Seaford (Long Island), NY

RESTORED BY: Diane Barton (Milwaukee, WI) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Lindenhurst, NY ||| "This photo of my maternal grandfather has been beautifully restored. He was employed by AT&T as a lineman, I believe. I am ever so grateful to have it back."

RESTORED BY: Team Kate McKinney (Wethersfield, CT) + CFS ||| FAMILY: Leisah Swenson ||| LOCATION: (Red Hook) Brooklyn, NY ||| "The twins are my cousins on my Mom's side….Shiela and Sharon...Thank you again so much. This is great!" ||| "Thank you so very much for the fabulous restoration of my parent's wedding album. Doris and Allen were married right out of High School in 1962 in North Garden, VA right outside of Charlottesville. They got divorced in 1969 when I was 1 1/2 years old.
These are the only happy memories I have of them together so it means a lot to have not lost these precious reminders in Sandy along with everything else.
They are both still living, and live similar lives but not together. Many people in some of the other photos have passed on. It is wonderful to see them all together for a celebratory occasion.
I really appreciate the time and energy your team has put into saving these for me. I cannot thank you enough."

RESTORED BY: John Nugent (Bovina, NY) ||| FAMILY: "John" ||| LOCATION: Seaford, (Long Island) NY ||| Family recovered only 5 photos. ||| "Such an excellent job I had a tear in my eye, I had built the boat as a teenager and 50 years later it was destroyed by a hurricane.Thank you
and thank your volunteers, their gifts are appreciated and do make a difference. "

RESTORED BY: Leo Bruce (Great Neck, NY) ||| FAMILY: Stephen Keller ||| LOCATION: Neponsit, Queens, NY ||| *Stephen is a former Peace Corps volunteer, who ironically used to work with flood victims. His submissions consist almost entirely of photos captured while living in India and Afghanistan.

RESTORED BY: Charles Conti (Dix Hills, NY) ||| FAMILY: Leisah Swenson ||| LOCATION: (Red Hook) Brooklyn, NY ||| "Thank you so very much for the fabulous restoration of my parent's wedding album. Doris and Allen were married right out of High School in 1962 in North Garden, VA right outside of Charlottesville. They got divorced in 1969 when I was 1 1/2 years old.
These are the only happy memories I have of them together so it means a lot to have not lost these precious reminders in Sandy along with everything else.
They are both still living, and live similar lives but not together. Many people in some of the other photos have passed on. It is wonderful to see them all together for a celebratory occasion.
I really appreciate the time and energy your team has put into saving these for me. I cannot thank you enough."

RESTORED BY: Charles Conti (Dix Hills, NY) ||| FAMILY: Leisah Swenson ||| LOCATION: (Red Hook) Brooklyn, NY ||| "Thank you so very much for the fabulous restoration of my parent's wedding album. Doris and Allen were married right out of High School in 1962 in North Garden, VA right outside of Charlottesville. They got divorced in 1969 when I was 1 1/2 years old.
These are the only happy memories I have of them together so it means a lot to have not lost these precious reminders in Sandy along with everything else.
They are both still living, and live similar lives but not together. Many people in some of the other photos have passed on. It is wonderful to see them all together for a celebratory occasion.
I really appreciate the time and energy your team has put into saving these for me. I cannot thank you enough."

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: "Karen" ||| LOCATION: Old Bridge, NJ "The photos look great! The first pictures are my daughter receiving an award for a Middle School Drug Awareness contest from the Borough Council. These are cherished photos of their younger years since they are now 27 and 24. I can't thank you enough for all you and your volunteers have done. God Bless!"

RESTORED BY: Kate McKinney (Wethersfield, CT) ||| FAMILY: "Flo" ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "You have no idea how grateful I am to...to each and everyone of you that is returning precious memories to Sandy victims. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!"

RESTORED BY: Becky Dobson (Virginia Beach, VA) ||| FAMILY: Susan Brady ||| LOCATION: Belle Harbor, Queens, NY ||| "3 months after Hurricane Sandy the clean-up was over and we were returning to normal (somewhat). I began trying to save my photo albums that were set aside after being underwater for a few days. I tried putting them in cold water and laid them out to dry. As the pictures got older and older they just didn't hold up as well. I heard about CARE for Sandy and contacted Lee. She understood my dilemma and said she would send a volunteer to save my photos. Nicole, my angel, arrived and scanned 100 of my favorite photos. She spent 4 hours and we became good friends. She met my family members and learned of many new interesting restaurants that should reopen hopefully in the next few months. Thank you Lee and CARE for Sandy!! And Nicole!!"

RESTORED BY: Diane Barton (Milwaukee, WI) ||| FAMILY: Mary Benson ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "That would be me in the pink. The last birthday my mom was able to celebrate with me. My wedding was a month later and she passed away a month after the wedding :( This will be blown up and framed! Thanks again!! ~ (daughter, Christine)"

RESTORED BY: John Nugent (Bovina, NY) ||| FAMILY: Wishes to remain anonymous ||| LOCATION: Rockaway Park, Queens, NY ||| RIP from first original volunteer arrived 9 months late, was not submitted correctly and did not meet our standards. All follow-up emails were ignored. Thanks to John for rescuing this photo!

*Please do not distribute/display without permission, per family request. ||| RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Susan Perez ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| A young Tony Curtis circa the late 1960s. (Susan played paparazzi as a preteen. She presented us with a marvelous collection of celebrity snapshots, all shot c/o Ed Sullivan Show guests. We scanned 2 of Tony.) ||| Accompanied by this as-of-yet to be restored secondary image.

*Please do not distribute/display without permission, per family request. ||| RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Susan Perez ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| A young Raquel Welch circa the late 1960s. (Susan played paparazzi as a preteen. She presented us with a marvelous collection of celebrity snapshots, all shot c/o Ed Sullivan Show guests. We scanned 3 of Raquel.)

*Please do not distribute/display without permission, per family request. ||| RESTORED BY: CFS (New York, NY) ||| FAMILY: Susan Perez ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| A young Cher circa the late 1960s. Possibly 1965. A second image with Sonny and Susan as a little girl awaits repair as well. (Susan played paparazzi as a preteen. She presented us with a marvelous collection of celebrity snapshots, all shot c/o Ed Sullivan Show guests.)
Watch Sonny & Cher Ed Sullivan performance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3IOVO1Kh_s

RESTORED BY: Originally by someone who chose to remain anonymous living in Dallas, TX who in actuality passed away in OK in 2010. And considering staff re-restored yet attributed the restore to the now clearly non-existent individual...we'll reclaim the credit. (Confused? A former female volunteer who was banned by CFS had the audacity to impersonate a deceased male, so desperate she was to gain access to our images. Artifice not a recommended way to net accolades from CFS or our families.) ||| FAMILY: Francine McCabe ||| LOCATION: Rockaway, Queens, NY ||| "Thanks again, your restorations have made me laugh, smile and some have made me cry...That's my dad, on his honeymoon in Miami in 1950."

RESTORED BY: Bob Travis (Northville, MI) ||| FAMILY: Laura Lamont/Carmela Saulle ||| LOCATION: Staten Island, NY ||| "Thank You, I rec’d pictures today & they are AMAZING !!!!!" | "We chose to stay home on the night of the hurricane. BAD IDEA!!! We spent 12 hours in the attic with a friend from Olympia Blvd. and a 1 1/2yr old dog. We were rescued by boat at about 6:00am Tuesday."

RESTORED BY: Team Dobson CFS! ||| FAMILY: Susan Unger Joffe ||| LOCATION: Long Beach, NY ||| "Once again you have made my day! This photo brings back so many wonderful memories of a very special day in my family's lives! Thank you so, so much for all your hard work!"

RESTORED BY: Maggie O'Reilly (Bay Shore, NY) ||| FAMILY: Beverly Flaherty ||| Babylon (Long island), NY ||| "You put a smile on my face again! Yes, this is my son who is now 20! Love this photo, so glad to see it again! I do enjoy these restorations so much, I never know what I will find when the photo opens up! Thank you again for all your time and expertise!"